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Point-of-Care Kidney and Genitourinary Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition
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Splenic cyst presenting as severe hydronephrosis in a pediatric patient
W Stuart Reynolds1, David E Rapp, Alvaro Lucioni
1Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. wsreynolds@uchicago.edu
European Urology
|February 13, 2007
Abstract:
Large cystic abdominal masses can represent a diagnostic dilemma despite advanced diagnostic and imaging techniques. We report a case of a large cystic mass initially managed as a giant ureteropelvic junction obstruction, but ultimately found to be a congenital splenic cyst. Focus is placed on the diagnostic evaluation of large cystic abdominal masses.
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